Buckingham Street, George Town

Lebuh Buckingham

Buckingham Street, or Lebuh Buckingham, is a road within the core zone of the George Town Unesco World Heritage Site. It runs from Pitt Street (Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling) to the junctionn of Campbell Street and Carnarvon Street, with a junction to Seck Chuan Lane.

Buckingham Street was of course named after Buckingham Palace in London. It was created around the turn of the 20th century, when the Municipal Commission of George Town bought back land from the estate of the Kapitan Keling Mosque, to build roads and the Carnarvon Street police station. The land on either side of Buckingham Street was an Indian Muslim settlement, and included the tomb of Cauder Mydin Merican, the Indian Muslim leader that founded the mosque, located on a plot between Buckingham Street and Kampung Kolam.

Getting there

Buckingham Street can be reached by bus. The nearest bus stop is at Pitt Street. Rapid Penang Bus 10, 101, 301, 302, 401, and 502 are some of the buses that ply Pitt Street.

Sights along Buckingham Street

Kapitan Keling Mosque

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In Other Words ...

Hokkien: Sin Kay Thau (Beginning of New Street)

Buckingham Street Location Map

Photos of Buckingham Street

Buckingham Street sign (12 November 2008)
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Buckingham Street plaque (12 November 2008)
© Timothy Tye using this photo

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